Judaism Historical Overview Crossword

Occurred in 721 BC, after the death of King Soloman, Israel conquered by the Assyrians. "Disappearance" of Northern Ten Tribes
In 587 BCE, Jerusalem conquered by the Babylonians, Solomans temple destroyed, Birth of Iraqi Jewry
538 BCE, Cyrus permitted Jews to return and rebuild temple, Birth of Iranian Jewry, Influence of Aramaic culture on Judaism, prayers, language of the Talmud
333 BCE, Alexander the Great of Macedonia overthrows the Persian Empire, spread of Hellenism across conquered lands. "the Septuagint"(270 BCE), Philo (1st C BCE)
63 BCE, Emergence of Rabbinic Judaism, 70 CE, Destroyed 2nd Temple,
Emerges after destruction of Jerusalem Temple, 70 CE, transormation of Judaism from Temple-centric to Text-centric
5th C CE, Jews of northern Europe disapppear, Med Jews, Byz Jews, Iran, Iraq, West/Central Asia Survive
7th C CE, divided western world in north and west of Med (Christian), south and east (Muslim), New religious freedoms, trade opportunities, migration pattern, Maimonides.
Central and E European Jewry, Yiddish, 10 Million at the end of the 19th century
Middle Eastern Jewry, Judeo-Arabic and Judeo-Persian; 600,000 Mizrachi Jews
Mediterranean (Iberian) Jewry, Ladino; 400,000
1492, Ferdinand and Isbella: convert or leave within three months. Migrations to Portugal, Morocco, Italy, Ottoman Turkish Empire
Migration from Germany to Poland, increasing persecution in Germany in 12th and 13th centuries.
the dispersion of Jews beyond Israel.
assimilation to a different culture, typically a dominant one.
Jewish philosopher who lived in Alexandria, in the Roman province of Egypt.
the national character or culture of Greece, especially ancient Greece.
a Greek version of the Hebrew Bible (or Old Testament), including the Apocrypha, made for Greek-speaking Jews in Egypt in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC and adopted by the early Christian Churches.